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===2021: Article: [https://www.meridianstar.com/news/local_news/tobacco-ban-ends-at-state-prisons/article_cf7d500a-6082-57cd-ab9c-4794f9bde85a.html Tobacco ban ends at state prisons]=== | |||
*Mississippi officials are hoping that lifting the ban on smoking inside prison will help curb the huge contraband trade that some inmates estimate may run in the millions. | |||
*Officials say that name-brand cigarettes will be sold at current prices in the prisons’ canteens. Cigars and smokeless tobacco products will also be sold. | |||
*“We all know that many of our clients are paying exorbitant prices for ‘black market’ tobacco and are smoking in their cells around other prisoners,” he said. “Providing places to smoke legally and more safely outside and using money from tobacco sales for reentry services and job training sounds like a step in the right direction to me. We’ll see how the actual implementation goes.” | |||
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===2020: Article: [https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/politics/state/2020/06/04/vape-law-seen-as-boosting-10b-illegal-market/42433831/ Vape law seen as boosting $10B illegal market]=== | ===2020: Article: [https://www.metrowestdailynews.com/story/news/politics/state/2020/06/04/vape-law-seen-as-boosting-10b-illegal-market/42433831/ Vape law seen as boosting $10B illegal market]=== | ||
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